mrg

Perhaps it depends on the area. Not meant as a dig.........as far as the wave goes, it just seems to me that many C4-C7 drivers don't bother with acknowledging the older generation Corvettes via the wave. After initiating a wave, not all but many guys look straight ahead and/or look in your direction. That's about it, no return wave or head nod.

​​​​​​ Intergenerational C1-C3 cars usually garner an acknowledgement amongst the earlier brethren. .. Beyond that........iffy. What's been your experience?
John

ricks327

Funny timing, as I just got back from a Cruise-In 25 miles away in my C7 and received return waves from 9 out of 10 different generations, including a gal in a C2. When in the C2, I don't usually get that high of a return wave.

ben dover

I find about the same thing, the older cars are at about 95%, not so much as they get newer.

corvetteed

I give the wave to all Vettes, any year, and mostly get one back, if I'm soon enough in the approach. I also typically give the wave when driving one of my other "old" cars, to other 'old' cars, and mostly get the wave back from them too.

dahogan

I always give a wave, get about 75% return.

Robert61

Often times around here I notice certain digits are used more frequently than others.

elwood13

ah53

I tend to wave at any vintage car I see coming my way. I usually use the thumbs up and almost always get one back. Newer vettes almost always have their window up so I tend not to wave unless they go first. Pecking order prevails.

Factoid

Dan Hampton

Back in the 50s and 60s, owning a Corvette was like belonging to a fraternity of people that you didn't know. Acknowledgment by waving was pretty standard stuff back then. My hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa reputedly had a huge contingent of Corvettes per capita. My high school, which housed 2,400 students (three grades), had eight to ten cars. This was during the '64-'67 period. Outside of school--in the real adult world--rarely did you see those cars owned by people much beyond the age of 35. My next door neighbor, who was an M.D., and who was in his 50s had a '63 SWC, but for the most part, it was a younger man's car. Not so today.

Tim Porreca

Swept57

I am surprised how many people ask me what kind of car my 63 is. All the badging is removed, so they can't just read it, they have to ask.

bj1k

If they are 15 or under I would excuse them but over 15 and they have to ask ? , shame on them .

lars

When I'm driving my 2001 Grand Am Parts Chaser car with a bunch of greasy Vette cylinder heads in the trunk, I forget what I'm driving, and I automatically wave to every Vette I meet. I usually get a dumb stare... Sometimes a wave back. Never a "thumbs up." Go figure...

SupremeDeluxe

There are not many Corvettes in the Chicago area, but most are C5-C7's driven by older persons that do wave when I am out in my 67 or 63.

SonnyAK

I always wave and usually get one back, whether driving my '66 or my C6 Z06. I usually get a wave back from any older car when I'm driving the '66. My confusion starts when I'm driving/riding my other vehicles (couple of motorcycles, Porsche and old Land Rover) and will always wave to any like vehicle...I just have to remember what I'm driving so I don't look like a mad man driving the backroads and randomly waving to everyone!

fyreline

I have both a C1 and a C7, and I always wave. Return rate is at least 80%.

Dave Tracy

I try to wave at all Vettes when I see them. At times the driving task requires more attention with the heavy traffic here in southern CA an I miss some. I get maybe 50% return waves. I'll also wave to vintage and other nice high end performance cars and usually get a wave back

aafadca

I wave at all I see but if there's a pretty big median/divider in the highway I may miss some or see them just as they're passing because I'm concentrating on my side of the highway. So if one slips by and doesn't wave I give him the benefit of the doubt and figure the same thing happened to him:-)

Randy G.

My experience exactly.